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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
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PAIATkA
Water Works

L HE PAiATkA WATER " oRkS IL IRE
PARED 10 roc"iF" applications tor Pure Water
for Domestic, Manufacturing. and other pun
poses, along the tines of It's street mains IN
ia" city of Palutka and The town ot Pnlatka
tnsins 10 the line 81 the streets near the
houses ana othi places where u IL to be urcd
The water Will lie furnished IN accordance
with the "liates. Rules, ana epulntions" OF
the company. Ia which ca~ fhl attention II in
Nited. and viii probably bee ready for use
early ia March next
Ordinary s"rSis" pipes will be- Of patent eis-
hmcltd wrought non, or oi GALVANIZED iron, OF
three 4uaIt.r 81 AN inch bore, and will Ice
Laid ia a. curdhnoe with Sections - al Il 3 OF the
Rules and Regulations. They viii be laid IN
the order III which the applications are Ie-
@ ~, Il; hence IeItuIs recurring the water "A
hn early date should make their npI iicatiun
promptly.
the ofhce al the IhlaiLa Water works, la
Price RloVk, where copies of the Rates
Rules and Rec ustiuns" ny he obiain.d. and
where applications viii Ice received every
afternoon fr, IN .:3U Ia O'Clock, except gum
day.
CE Id,tieS WohtiHg the II dt,r must
bear az mihd mat application can he
made only IN I.sFsohoHy AHisc ling 10
ne "iIliicdfion Book" ofHe Company.
PAIATKA wAThR-w oRKs.
by NM. WnEILIF, Constructing fUgn eor
PaIhthu, January ~. les. 1nlH- In
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
He Sued for His SALARY.

l never knew OF more than one preacher
who sued for his salary. ami he got il 1t
was I'm Franklin county. The leading n,en
wrote him a letter guaranteeing that the
church could and would pay him u good
salary-one OF these offhand letters which
churches noted for not paving will write
He went and served them IA whole year ac-
ceptably, meekly and patiently. In fact.
they were astonished at his patience. Then
he demanded all Of his salary that was due.
Again they were astonished to meet a man
who was not willing To take Just what the
church had seen fit 10 give him Voluntarily
But he told them they had caused him to
contract debts ON the strength OF the prom
ises made by their official members and
those debts had to be paid He went into
court, produced the letters written by the
offici Al members. obtained Judgment and col
lected il And he did right Rev j E.
Godbey in Globe Democrat
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
Advantage of "A Grass Crop.
AIachua Daily Record.


The Southern farmer does not yet pay
as much attention to the production of
hay as he ought to, and he doesn't I'M
derstand the advantage of hay crop to
the land. With hay crops the land is
benefited, because there is usually ro-
tatIon. Glover, which delights in a pot
ash soil, yet returns nitrogen, prepares
the land for cereal crops. while the
grain, which usually requires cultiva-
ton. cleans out the weeds and better fitS
the land for grass again. No doubt the
same process would be of advantage for
an old pasture. If the sod be turned I'M
der in the fall and the field planted to
corn in the spring, provided the land be
not too wet, the cultivation of the corn
will kill out the weeds. After the corn
is off the weeds and grass should be all
lowed to start well and the land plowed
before seeds are formed. Then rye
should he sOwn. which in turn should be
turned under in the spring, lime applied
ana the seed for the pasture grasses
sOwn. No stable manure should be used
as it may contain seeds not desired; but
an artificial fertilizer Astounding in pot
ash may be used with advantage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
Jack sonville News.

Despite the maxim to the contrary,
figures do lie sometimes.
Last year the reporter of the Times
Union went out to count the names on
our hotel registers, to make a big show =
ing.
This year the editor of that paper sent
him ut to make figures that would show
that Florida ia being deserted.
The reporter stated at one hotel which
he visited that he wanted to get the ex-
act facts this year. If possible that last
year they had some of the registers
stuffed 80 badly that one Couldn't tell
much about it"
When the calamity liar first started his
panicky stories, some people thought his
judgment warped, but that his intentions
were good. But when after all that was
said and written he deliberately got up
table Of figures to prove that his calamity
romances were true, aired these figures
in their worst possible light, smacked
hIs capacious mouth and gloated over
the result, there was change of con-
viction, and for two days courses not
loud, but deep" have accompanied every
reference to the contemplate scribbler
for revenue.
But, while he gloats over the showing
he has manufactured let us see what his
own tables say about first class trade.
The Seminole" hotel at Winter Park
the PLANT" at Tampa. and other first
class hostelries caught this year several
hundred people who formerly always
spent q week or SO in this city. hut who.
this year, went straight through to the
South. The three first-class hotels of
this city are the Windsor, st. James and
Everett. Here are the comparative arri-
walls for January, 1886, 1886 and 1897, as
shown by the calamity liars own table ::
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
The True Doctrine.
Pens cola Commercial.

Pens cola Commercial.
In States and communities where polit-
ical parties are nearly evenly divided. or
where there Is active and respectable
opposition, party papers can leave to
their opponents or to the independent
press the duty of watching and checking
the officials Of either party that may, for
the time. hold the reins of government.
But where there Is practically no OppOs-
ing party, or where they are without the
ability or disposition to make themselves
felt and heard, the duty Of guarding the
rights, interests and liberties of the peo-
pie devOlves upon the newspapers that
are, IN all other RESPECTS, I'm full syupa-
thy with the administration on ALL mat
tiers of party principle, while they oppose
the policy, practices and corruptions Of
thofe who. secure in the predomnance
of the party to which they belong, take
advantage of and presume upon it to do
what they would not dare tn attempt in
the face of All active and powerful OPP
posing party.
In these circumstances sharp rebuke
and exposure of an official, or a proposed
measure by the party in power, does not
fairly imply or carry with it the pre-
sumption of opposition to the party. The
Democratic papers in Florida should
therefore speak out boldly and fearless
ly, nd and the independent press in
every proper effort TO check the tendency
to corruption and the prostitution of Of
fetal position and party machinery to
serve the ambition and greed of those
who seek to use the party for purposes of
private gain and public robbery.
Ii Is gratifying to see in many of the
Florida newspaI RS evidences OF the
fact that this duty is being recognized
and acted upon. There is but one party
in Florida, and as in other States and
municipalities similarly situated, Dem
Ocratic or independent newspaper is not
to be charged with opposition to the
party simply because they find fault
With official action or party measures,
and laws and Official duties pertaining
to State or municipal officers.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
PALATEA. FLA. FEB. @. 1887.

The people of Lake Worth are very
much dissatisfied with their mail ser
yice-according to Sam" in the Flor
ida star they had no communication
with the oustide world from the fifth to
the fifteen of January. and as usual the
+. NJ. q. ia held responsible for the de-
Iinquency. Some folks seem to think
that man is never truly useful and
competent, unless he possesses the at
tributes of omnisicence and OmnipOtenCe.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
THE DAILY NEWS.

The DAILY NEWS Ia published every morn
in q except Monday, and delivered by carriers
ia the city, or mailed postage free, for 50 cents
a month, 81 80 for three months, $3.50 for ak
months, or So per annum.
THE WEEKLY NEWS is an SPACE 6s-column
ID per published every Friday, containing
a / the news of the week, local and general. IL
h. the largest and handsomest weekly paper
published in Florida, and will be mailed post
age free for 81 a year, or 81 cents Tor si1
months. Specimen copies free to any address
10. al advertisements 20 cents per line for
FIRST insertion and 10 cents per line for each adj
ditional insertion. Special notices 10 cents per
line Reduced rates on continued advertiee-
suLs.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Local advertisements due at
tn, 81 piration OF the tim for which they ART
inserted.
All renlttances should be made by express,
IN me, order or rey'atered letter
Address THE. NEWS,
PALATkA. FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
A Queer Superstition.

Perhaps the strangest fad that any man
has in this town is that Of "A cashier i'm a
down town bank, who every night at 10
O'Clock walks up Fifth avenue TO Forty third
street for the purpose Of seeing whether or
not IA certain millonaire's front door has
Grape tied ON it, For four years he has made
this nightly journey. He doesn'. know the
millionaire. He doesn't know any reason
why the millonaire's death should be i'm
minent. Vet he has "a superstition that when
he discovers the Grape he looks for, on that
same night some great good fortune is To fall
10 his own lot. He has tried Ia shake Off the
feeling that sends him ON this nightly walk
ing tour. Ii won't shake. And, rain or
shine, he goes religiously up AMI down the
avenue at 10 O'Clock every night
The owner of eye which Is Off the
straight line would rather tell pleasant I'M
truth than be The bearer nf harsh fi.linrs
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
Home.
1T Louis Magazine.


Home never seems more sacred ana
pleasant than after a separation from it,
Distance from il only enhances ITS val
ue-intensifi,s its sacredness.
There is no sweeter place in this world
thar home. All of life, love and hope
are b. und up in it.
We may enjoy ourselves temporarily
elsewhere, but our greatest joys will ever
cluster around home.
John Howard PAYNE was right: It's
"home, sweet home -
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
MO Ne Y

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and impo' thn,e To Nun, thai VIII hIa YOU ia
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Tlp III away than amy thing else m Ibis woTtH.
Any one ga n d1 The w'Ik ana I've AT ht 4,
etth.r seN, ri ayes. =, msthmg new, thai
just coins II Guoy for ali woIk,n. We VIII
staIi YOU; capital not ~ td,d Tins II ore 81
the genuine. imI oltHni ciaIcra al n liiet n Is
7 hoee Who uie rml ltiuus ana ,nteiIi isII "
viii MT delay. 6Innd omht tIs.. Aauraks
TRUE a Co. AupLsfu. Name. trim
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

opened late and the st. James got the
bulk of their lost patronage. This year
all are open and they ''even up" again.
The calamity liar in Florida is like
doctor in a very healthy town.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

In 1885 occurred the Exposition and
carnival at New Orleans when people
were going through this city at a touch
ard go rare of speed. One guest this
year will. in actual returns, count for
from three to ten of those registered in
1855.
Last year the Everett and Windsor
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

List of patents granted to residents { f
Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, February
l, 1897:
j. w. Ogletree. Power Springs, Ga,
combination tool.
w. w. Webb. Lowndes county. Ga.
pillow.
). h. White, St. Augustine. Fla,
stock car.
E. III. Altman. Mobile, Ala, log dog.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

The Rev. r. Heber Newton thinks that no
preacher ever sounded the depths of hu-
manity as the great poets and dramatists
have done
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

Julian Hawthorne now confesses: Almost
everything that have written has been from
necessity, and there is very little OF 1t that
shall not be glad TO forgotten"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06
A Sure Cure.

correspondent wants to know what is
the best cure for insomnia. Has the gentle
man tried going for several nights without
sleeps-Somerville Mass Journal
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

HR1IsTERED AT THE PALArKA Posi- OrrICB
A. SECOSD-CLAss MAIL MATTER
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

The Count de Beaujeancy, who teaches
French for amusement and IA high con-
sideration, is very thin and very pious. He
was seen coming out of Mgr freston's
church the other day by Joe Howard.
Its very easy for him to do right, " said
the veteran journalist, 1--WE have the world,
the devil and the flesh to fight; he has the
only the world and the devil. I"
There are 81, 900 women on the pension
rolls as widows, dependents or relatives Of
deceased soldiers.
Il don't know of a harder worked man
than the locomotive fireman, said an old
engineer.
The average man thinks that all the fire
man has 10 10 is 10 ride in the cab and occas
ionally throw i'll a stick of wood on shovel
full of coal The truth is that from the time
the fireman leaves his outgoing station until
lac reaches the end of his run II IS almost q
constant struggle to keep up steam. Ar.
kansaw Traveller
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-02-06

The man who lecturt on the benefits Of
physical exercise takes the elevator when he
might climb q flight of stairs.-New Orleans
Picayune
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27
Where Dancing Is a Passion.

presume tho who have not Travelled
in Spain hardly realize how thoroughly
that country Is given 10 the worship Of
sc. t'itus. Says recent writer: "The
dance demon seizcs on. Spaniards at all
times and under al circumsianecs-in
the streets. on the public squares, under
the porchcs Of the stately mansions. A
peripatetic musician comes along stfum
ming his guitar, and In an instant the
maid serS ants throw aside their brOOms,
the work women set down the pitchers
they are carrying % The fountain, the
muleteers leave their mules, the inn
keeper forgets your dinner, and a'l spring
forward, arms akimbo and eyes spark.
ling. Their feet just touch the ground,
they balance In unison with the music
and dance with their souls a. well as
with their bodies. Let q tourist pay n
visit TO Toledo and put up At the ancient
hosiery of DE Limo. and let q guitar
player station himself under the g:eat
sofnbre archway that Don Quixote him.
self would not have passed without a
forebodinr Of evil. He will see with bis
own eyes how the natural order of thing
will be disarranged and everything
thrown into confusion. 4 fandango " il
bsein in the court, the Kitchen and the
street, and amid such bubbub that III
will think that he has taken Leave Of Vi
senses. One day at 70. Sebastian th,
regiment p1ssed by with a band at IL
heId. A fandango was played. Eycf
tn children who had been industriouslJ
Ipugagcd 10 making dirt pies prickcd VI
/ theifear caught each Other by I'll
! wi Il, and tried TO 90 through the STEPS
! Their nurse ioinel 10, swapping ilici
iingrrs. Tln passersbi came 10 The a.
.idante II Tie nnrus. The 80 diet
il,crnse yes ctnldn't siagd ilr iempta
lioa, but fell ont ol the ranks IN min
.le.!-in the dance.
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
The Care Of Hay.

Barns or barracks are much better
for the preservation Of hay than the cir
cular stacks, even though the last be
well built. Hay contains, in the dry as
well rs in the green state, matter that is
soluble in water. For this reason all
exposed hay on the exterior of stacks is
subject to having the soluble matter
washed from it. In round stacks the
amount Of hay thus exposed is much
larger than is usually supposed. The
best place for storing of well-cured hay
for use is in good. well-sheltered NOW,
where it should BE- tramped as put in and
packed closely. Thus II win all keep in
uniform condition. Next to a tight
NOW an old-fashioned barrack with a
well-thatched roof, arranged so as to
slide up and down the four corner posts,
is the better If hay has not been well
cured in the field, ventilation should be
permitted in the mow.-C Commercial
Gazette.
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27
paiain f,aId Coin.

IN Dee.. lSS6, /. s. johnson ~ o., ~ Custom
House ST. BOSTON, Mass, offered eight preml-
INNS payablo In gold coin, which they gay 9rea.
fed A rreat interest among people who kept
hens. 80 mhch so, In fact, that they authorize M
MS To- say that they shall offer Nov. Isl, 1921,
another list Of premiums for the bests RESULTS
from the use of Sheriden's Powder to Mako
Hens Lay OF course all who compete cannot
get one of the premiums, but some q tne Isst
years reports sent us show that ihe partiess
ought to have been we'll satisfied II they nao
not received any other benent than lhe m
crease Of eggs they got while making the triai.
For example the first premium was tWeshtty-
fiye dollars taken by Q. 4. French, Mashing.
Powder for eight weeks. The first week he got
only ten eggs; the third week the hens laid yol
eggs. and the eighth week 20S eggs. During the
eight weeks trial he got 1893 eggs which, az the
price of eggs In Boston or New York markets.
IN mid winter, would have yielded $4oUU, or
Sl55 for each hen In eight weeks time; Con-
sidering the small expense OF keeping hen m no
animal on farm will pay like that. Inc
fourth premium, which was ten dollars, went
to Mrs. II. B. Carlin, Conklin Centre, n: AZ,
who In the eight weeks received from forty
hens 1907 eggs. The first week she only GOT
3j eggs, but the last week 277 eggs.
This clearly demonstrates that the use OF
Sheridan's Powder TO Make Hens Lay Will In
crease the profit several hundred per cent.
johnson n Co. will send two % cent packs OF
Sheridan's Powder postpaid to any address foi
30 cents In postage stamps; or large ~ pouno
can Of Powder for Sl.20. To each person or
dering large can as above they Will send fres
one copy OF ,bs Farmers Poultry Guide'
price, % cents).
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27

at the mercy of the seller, for the latter
is the first to discover indications OF de-
cline in condition or health, and the
temptation to "unloadn upon another is
a aweakness not wholly confined to horse
jockies or dealers in stocks.
The disease is most dangerous to man
kind when badly diseased meat or milk
is eaten without thoroughly cooking.
The disease is most contagious when the
tubercles are breaking down; that is,
when they are ripe, and the germs are
being thrown off from the body in the
milk.
There is no doubt whatever that tuber-
culosis in cattle is increasing as our cat
tie are better housed and protected.
Ones chances of being killed by drinking
milk or eating beef from tubercular ami
mails are probably small, but no ono
wants to take that small chance. There
should be greater protection to the pub
lie, and there will be when the people
are Sufficiently informed in the matter.
Every person who buys milk or beef has
right to know that the animals pro-
ducing said food are in good health and
not dangerous 10 the community. Cor
respondents who have facts to commu-
uicate bearing on this important ques-
tion cannot be too prompt in making
such facts public property through the
medium of the newspaper. We shall be
glad to give all hearing on the subject.
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27
Tuberculosis in cattIe.

Tuberculosis in cattle is the same dis.
esse as consumption In men. Neither,
says a writer in the Neu EEgLaHd Farmsr,
is understood 10 be curable, though
quack doctors may sometimes oher
remedies 10 cure consumption. II is not
produced BY lung worms. The word
tuberculosis is derived from latin word
meaning snail iuber. Tubercles are Of
various size, from that Of a miIlet seed
20 that Of large grapes, and sometimes
an aggregation Of tubercles form a mass
weighing q pound or more. They arc
all too large 20 be found in milk or but.
Ter. Chemical analysis is unnecessary
for determining the presence Of the dis.
ease; Il Is usually quite apparent 10 the
naked eye, but doubted Eases may need
the microscope TO determine their true
nature. Animals sometimes fatten we'll
when affected By this disease in its
earlier stages, but emaciation is one Of
the common symptoms. Tuberculosis
Is disease that Is not confined to the
lungs, though IL more commonly affects
those organs. II may locate itself in a..
most any organ or part Of .be body. II
undoubtedly is frequent cause Of aber.
tion and Of barrcnness when the
geBerative organs are the seat Of the dis.
ease. Cows that appear 60 be almost
constantly In heat arc often affected will
disease. II Is iransmissible from parcn'
10 offspring by heredity, and from eithei
male or female parent, but infected
parents may proddte offspring that vii
not have the diseSse, though d prcdispo
sition 10 the disease Is greatly Increased
BY having diseased parents. The diseas'
Is far more common in adults than In tbt
young Of animals. II prcsails more il
warm than In told countries, and 10 bo
than in cold sia' lcs, which accounts Il
part for iis gItater pre- aience IN herds 0
fancy cattle X - III light. warm lnins
Its fafmor comm min districts wh.f
the stock j. che ~ purchased than wlpr
IL II raised. The buyer i more Or less a
Hillsboro recorder., 1887-10-27
A Lively Future.

A man and his wife, accompanied bya
bright-looking boy Of z, boarded o
Fourth avenue car last evening. The
conductor entered the car TO collect
their fares and received from the gen.
tleman 50-cent piece. At thst mo-
ment the car stopped and some pas
sengers got on. Their entrance caused
SOM delay, and when the conductor
reached up to ring the bell there was
something in the feeling Of the half
dollar piece which aroused his suspi-
cions. He examined it closely and dis
covered that il was counterfeit.
"This is bad piece, sir" he said, re-
turning the money to the gentleman.
'I didn't give You that, growled the
man.
ayes you did, sir" said the conduc.
tor. 81 haven't had il out OF my hand
since you handed it 10 me.
The man stoutly maintained that he
never had such piece OF money In his
possession. The discussion waxed
warm and the passengers became inter
ested. Suddenly the child, who had
been looking out Of the window, turned,
and, catching sight Of the half dollar, he
understood the situation and exultingly
exclaimed: Z F.
"Ha, hs. / told you that money was
bad this morning, when mamma showed
ii to u.s."
And all the passengers smiled as the
man, with very red face, silently pro.
duced q good quarter. AT the next
crossing he and his family got out
EpcHing Sun.